Saturday Miscellany

First, from Lord Pearson, a member of the British House of Lords, a statistic that is so awful that you doubt its validity. And yet, in once-Great Britain, grooming gangs of Muslims have been allowed to prey on British girls for decades now.

250,000 WHITE British girls have been raped in the last 25 years, OVER 90% by Muslims - Lord Pearson in the House of Lords. The numbers are staggering, an absolutely Satanic presence overshadows all of the West, fueled by literal demons.

Second, in the meantime the inept Democratic Party has chosen a hill to die on-- a Salvadoran member of MS-13, a wife beater and suspected human trafficker.

Bill Melugin reports at Fox News:

NEW: @FoxNews has obtained the written domestic violence allegations from Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife in 2021, in which she alleges he is a repeat wife beater & writes “At this point, I am afraid to be close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he bas left me.” In her own handwriting, she alleges that Abrego Garcia punched and scratched her on her eye, leaving her bleeding after throwing her laptop on the floor. She writes that on another day, he got angry again, started yelling, and ripped her shirt and shorts off, then grabbed her arm, leaving marks. She also writes that in two times in 2020, he hit her. "In November 2020, he hit me with his work boot". "In August 2020, hit me in the eye leaving a purple eye."

Evidently, the details appeal to Senator Van Hollen.

Third, to sustain the argument made yesterday about the coming civil war in Europe, a word from Vienna, Austria-- where Christian students are being displaced by Muslims.

Remix News reports:

For the first time, Muslim students are the largest religious group in Vienna’s schools, underlining the incredible demographic transformation taking place in the Austrian city. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is now raising the alarm.

Muslim students now account for 41.2 percent of all students, while Christian students fell to 34.5 percent. The trend is only growing, and is accompanied by rising problems, including violence in schools, anti-Semitism, and contempt for women.

Failing to adopt to the local customs, these new pupils are bringing violence, anti-Semitism and misogyny to Europe. Way to go, Austria.

Fourth, if you want to book a speech from former president Biden, it will cost you $300,000, and a private jet and accommodations for five staffers.

Funnily enough, the agency that books Biden is having a problem finding takers.

Fifth, from the satirical site, The Babylon Bee:

In a desperate attempt to return to family and friends they haven't seen in over a year and a half, American hostages being held by Hamas reportedly disguised themselves as MS-13 gang members so Democrats would fight to bring them home to the U.S.

After being held captive since late 2023 with little sign of their elected officials being motivated to bring them home, sources said the Americans still in the custody of Hamas had devised a clever plan to cover themselves in MS-13 tattoos so congressional Democrats would advocate for them.

Sixth, on the therapy front, our intrepid mental health professionals have just discovered a new way to enhance your emotional well being. You guessed it-- the answer is gossip.

The New York Post reports that it’s a social bonding ritual:

There’s no denying that everyone loves a good gossip sesh. And it turns out — spilling the tea to a friend is actually good for your mental health.

Sure, gabbing gets a bad rep, as it’s usually viewed as rude or impolite.

However, it’s also considered a relatively healthy way to socially bond with other people, according to Dr. Charles Sweet, medical advisor at Linear Health and a board-certified psychiatrist.

In addition to the trust and liking for a person that gossiping builds, it also serves as an emotional release. Getting off the phone with a friend and feeling like a weight was lifted off your shoulders is an unmatched feeling.

Doesn’t this feel like therapy? At a slightly lower price, I must add:

“Being heard and seen is a big mental health benefit of gossip. If something’s really weighing on you and you’re able to speak it out loud with people who are listening, that is going to reduce some of the stress in your body,” said Hoerr.

I’m the first one to admit when I see someone post about something on social media that I personally don’t agree with — I’ll dish to my mom or a close friend about it.

“Gossip can be harmful when it’s used to exclude others, spread misinformation, or make someone look bad. But in its basic form, it’s a fundamental part of communication. When used productively, gossiping can help us learn, connect, and protect ourselves.”

So, connecting with other people, especially to discuss trivial details or events, can improve your mental health. Who knew?

Seventh, according to the City Journal, America’s real problem is overregulation. Too many bureaucratic regulations have stifled industrial productivity.

Over the past eight years, federal agencies have issued more than 500 new rules, each carrying an average annual cost of $100 million. The burden on businesses is immense. A recent report finds that complying with federal regulations costs large firms $29,100 per employee per year—and an even steeper $50,100 for small firms.

This expanding regulatory state is doing more to cripple American manufacturing than taxes or tariffs, writes Mark P. Mills. Since 2000, the U.S. has shed 3 million manufacturing jobs. Had the sector declined by only half as much, domestic manufacturing output would be $1 trillion higher—enough to erase the entire trade deficit.

Eighth, also from the City Journal, a note about what are called gender-affirming surgery, that is, mastectomies performed on adolescent females:

After nearly four decades as a plastic surgeon, Richard T. Bosshardt has watched “gender-affirming” surgeries become more common—especially among adolescent girls. The most frequent procedure, known as “top surgery,” removes healthy breast tissue to give the appearance of a male chest. Some patients are as young as 13.

Bosshardt considers these procedures a medical and ethical disaster. He warns of serious risks, including infection, bleeding, and blood clots, and compares the current enthusiasm for such interventions with the now-discredited practice of frontal lobotomies. “We will one day view ‘gender-affirming care’ in minors with the same revulsion,” he writes.

Ninth, speaking of transmania, Wesley Yang has an excellent description:

Inflicting the ultimate sexual violence on a person brainwashed to yearn for it and taught to threaten suicide if they can’t get it while proclaiming that one is thereby helping them to be their “authentic self” and that this violent disfigurement is “lifesaving” and “medically necessary” is a terminal travesty — the ultimate corruption of medicine and science by a cult that enables self-destructive pathology, preens as virtuous protectors of the marginalized as it consigns those it affects to save to ruined health in damaged bodies, and calls all those who seek to stop this mania the worst and most toxic polticized insults in order to justify taking their basic freedoms of speech and conscience. All this proceeds from a basic failure of diagnosis and treatment, of being able to preserve a concept of health distinct from the desires of the individual, especially when those desires are so plainly induced by a cultish multi-level marketing scheme masquerading as a civil rights movement exploiting troubled children in order to propagate itself.

Last but not least, I have some free consulting hours in my life coaching practice. If you are interested, email me at StuartSchneiderman@gmail.com.